How I Stopped Absorbing Other People’s Energy and Emotions
“And then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ~Anaïs Nin
I used to think something was wrong with me.
I cried at the wrong moments. I felt anxious before a phone call, only to find out the other person was deeply upset. I could walk into a room and instantly sense who was grieving, who was fighting—even if no one said a word.
People called me empathic. Intuitive. But mostly, I felt weird. Overwhelmed. Other. Too much.
I tried everything to make it stop. …
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